Celebrate new UAB football season at NAS Spirit Lunch

Blazer fans can enjoy a free lunch with a side of spirit when the National Alumni Society presents the Spring Game Spirit Luncheon on April 17.

Join the University of Alabama at Birmingham National Alumni Society for a Spring Game Spirit Lunch to celebrate the new season, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. April 17, in the Alumni House, 1301 10th Ave. South.

New UAB football coach Bill Clark will speak to fans at the event. Free Dreamland barbecue will be provided to UAB employees, students, alumni and fans. Members of the Marching Blazers band and spirit teams will be on hand to liven up the Blazer spirit. The first 400 UAB students with a student ID will receive a free UAB football T-shirt. The event is sponsored by Vista Engineering.

UAB named Clark as the Blazers’ new head football coach in January. He guided the Jacksonville State Gamecocks to a record-setting 11-4 2013 season in his first year as head coach. Clark has more than 20 years of experience, including serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at South Alabama. He also was one of the most successful Alabama high school coaches as head coach at Prattville High School.

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